Solidworks vs SolidEdge

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Hi all

I open a question again because I continue my search to find a design software, not having a software yet.

A friend told me about ANSYS, so I called the distribution company who told me about SolidEdge ST10 which would be as good as SolidWorks or even better and that there is no longer a problem to convert an SE file to SW and vice versa....

So I'm on the choice between SolidWorks or SolidEdge and for the simulation: ANSYS or SoildWorks Simulation.

What do you think?

Thank you in advance.

Youngest child

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Have you looked at One Shape for the modeling of your parts

I gave you the link on your other question

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having used both (solidworks and solidedge, but not ANSYS), I would say that it is ... almost the same... at least in terms of use. 

On the other hand : there are more Solidworks users, so to find help it's often easier. 

Then there is the question of the price, from what I have heard Solidworks is a little more expensive.

 

That said, maybe the two software differ more on their simulation add-ons, but as I said: I've never tested ANSYS. 

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At the time when I was using the 2, SW and SE, it was almost identical (except for a few details, especially in drawing).

For calculation, Ansys is a fully-fledged calculation software publisher.
Siemens may have made an agreement to integrate into SE, but I'm surprised since as with SW there is SE Simulation (http://www.digicad.fr/versions-de-solid-edge)...

I have the impression that the Ansys distributor you had is also an SE distributor...

For the "miraculous" conversions between 2 softwares, be careful, for it to work well, you often need to have both programs on the machine.

 

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Hello 

In fact I looked at @gt22 but oneshape is not cheap anyway, it's still 150 dollars per month!

Dimitri

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 @ dimitri.cuenotdelattre

yes the pro version 125 dollars so 104 € / month

And for solidworks or solidedge it's how much per month and it's the pro version

you have the student version for free and public for free

https://www.onshape.com/cad-pricing

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Hi all

Solidworks simulation is not rentable by the month but by the quarter in the pro version we are at 1750 excl. tax.

It's even less cheap, my next question is: not knowing how to use these simulation systems for the moment, do they do training?

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See these links among others

http://blogpeda.ac-poitiers.fr/lp2i-si/2016/09/09/onshape-un-logiciel-professionnel-de-modelisation-3d-innovant-et-gratuit-pour-un-usage-pedagogique/

https://www.onshape.com/cad-blog/cad-in-the-cloud-meets-simulation-in-the-cloud

https://www.google.fr/search?rlz=1C1CHBD_frFR732FR732&q=onshape+tutorial+fran%C3%A7ais&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjUneqBpszWAhXF0xoKHaJ9BZUQ1QIIYigB&biw=1490&bih=844

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vjBLaNARZE

You will find a lot of tutorials on You Tube

Search OnShape tutorial in English / French

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PS: don't forget that onshape was created via the creator of SolidWorks and that solidworks is now under EADS supervision

so all the bases are identical since the same phylo

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Hello gt22,

Thank you, it sounds very interesting, but what scares me is the communication with the other companies, they all work with SW....

I just got the quote for SolidEdge, it's an impressive economic ratio compared to SW > 7k€ HT Premium version with Advanced Simulation and Optimization against SW standard + SW Simulation Pro: 16k€ HT.... Without counting the training on one side or the other, we quickly go up to almost 10k€ excl. VAT

Economically OneShape is even more unbeatable, because obviously for SolidEdge or for SW you are stuck 1.5 to 2k€ HT annually in technical support... The first year is certainly useful to familiarize yourself with the bignou.

I'm still on the question...

I'm going to do simulations over 5 years.

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Target your problem

What do you want to do?

What type of part are assembled?

What type of simulation?

etc...

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I make pianos,

At the moment I only need to draw.

But next year I'm going to have to design one from A to Z : draw you and the welded mechanic, but there are 20 tons of horizontal pressure and therefore simulate the forces and the different problems that could happen on the model so simulation and optimization.

No fluid, but frequencies.